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Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China

by · 1990

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Seven Taoist Masters blends history with legend in a folk novel about seven seekers who set out to master themselves. Six men and one woman face hardship along the way, guided by their teacher, Wang Ch'ung-yang. The author is unknown, and the characters are drawn from real people who lived during the Southern Song and Yuan dynasties. Wang leads the Complete Reality school, a demanding branch of Taoism with close ties to Zen Buddhism. The story also works as a practical introduction to Taoist ideas, covering the cultivation of body and mind, meditation, and the obstacles that stand between a practitioner and enlightenment.

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